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Nine urges Albanese to prop up media in face of AI threat

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Long-awaited news bargaining code with Google, Meta and TikTok at risk of further delay, chief executive saysSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe head of Nine Entertainment has called on the prime minister to prioritise a policy to force global platforms to compensate local media as artificial intelligence-fuelled big tech disrupts the […]

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Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by Sydney University-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding

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‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies which do not exist or make opposing findingsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent senator David Pocock says he is “deeply concerned” a report sent to politicians by a University of Sydney-based institute to support a $20m

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‘Disturbing’: Australian government demands review of Roblox’s PG rating after reports of child grooming

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Communications minister Anika Wells points to media reports alleging children can access spaces meant for adults which include explicit sexual contentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReports of child grooming and vile content on popular game service Roblox has “alarmed” the communications minister,

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Coalition chaos has handed Albanese a gift, but he’ll need much more for the testing times ahead

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Labor can afford a few moments of glee now, but spending, emissions, AI and Aukus are just some of the challenges on the road to the next electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor MPs could hardly contain their delight on Monday. Even before today’s start of parliament, the Nationals had

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Snapchat blocks more than 400,000 Australian accounts but warns of ‘significant gaps’ in under-16s social media ban

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Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe accounts of more than 415,000 users in Australia identified as being under 16 were locked or disabled by Snapchat as part

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Donald Trump trashed global economic orthodoxy. A year on, did he leave Australia a winner or loser?

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While tariffs have been ‘all show and no substance’, economists fear an AI investment bubble and tensions in the South China Sea, along with Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne year into Donald Trump’s presidency and experts in Australia and around the world can

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Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform?

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Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the siteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesAnthony Albanese condemned X’s AI chatbot Grok generation of sexualised images of women and children as “abhorrent”, but don’t expect the prime minister –

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Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

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Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under banHow is Australia’s social media ban affecting you and your family?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for

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YouTube says it will comply with Australia’s under-16s social media ban, with Lemon8 to also restrict access

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Australia’s under-16s social media ban might take weeks to work but all platforms are on notice, government saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYouTube will comply with the federal government’s under-16s social media ban, but its parent company Google has warned the laws

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